Text 118] The Advent of Lord Caitanya 121

SYNONYMS

durva—fresh grass; dhanya—paddy ; dila—gave; sirse—on the head; kaifa—did; bahu
—with much; dsise—blessing; c/rajivf—live long; hao—become; dui bhai—two brothers;
AGkini-saGhkhini—ghosts and witches; haite—from; sanka—doubdt; upajiia—grew; cite—
in the heart; dare—out of fear; ndma—name; thuifa—kept; nimai—Lord Caitanya's
childhood name, derived from the nima (nimba) tree.
TRANSLATION

She blessed the newly born child by placing fresh grass and paddy on His head
and saying, “May You be blessed with a long duration of life.”” But being afraid of
ghosts and witches, she gave the child the name Nimai.

PURPORT

Dakin? and Sankhini are two companions of Lord Siva and his wife who are sup-
posed to be extremely inauspicious, having been born of ghostly life. It is believed
that such inauspicious living creatures cannot gonear anima tree. At least medically
it is accepted that nima wood is extremely antiseptic, and formerly it was customary
to have a nima tree in front of one’s house. On very large roads in {ndia, especially
in Uttar Pradesh, there are hundreds and thousands of nima trees. Nima wood is so
antiseptic that the Ayurvedic science uses it to cure leprosy. Medical scientists have
extracted the active principle of the mima tree, which is called margosic acid. Nima
is used for many purposes, especially to brush the teeth. In Indian villages ninety
percent of the people use nima twigs for this purpose. Because of all the antiseptic
effects of the nima tree and because Lord Caitanya was born beneath a nima tree,
Sita Thakurani gave the Lord the name Nimai. Later in His youth He was celebrated
as Nimai Pandita, and in the neighborhood villages He was called by that name,
although His real name was Visvambhara.

TEXT 118

Yous-aeateca, fart am fagace,
As-ne facaica veaife |
mor-faceta Aa men, = - CTS BATA Sei,
ACH HS) AVS SAM 8 se
putramata-snanadine, dila vastra vibhusane,
putra-saha misrere samméni’

Saci-misrera piija lafia, manete harisa hand,
ghare Gila sita thakuraépi

SYNONYMS

putra-météa—of the mother and child; sndna-dine—on the day of bathing; difa—
gave; vastra—cloth; vibhuisane—ornaments; putra-saha—with the child; miSrere—unto
